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Dissonance / (if you are interested) / leads to discovery.

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William Carlos Williams
Age: 79 †
Born: 1883
Born: September 17
Died: 1963
Died: March 4
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Dissonance
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Among the rain and lights I saw the figure 5 in gold on a red firetruck moving tense unheeded to gong clangs siren howls and wheels rumbling through the dark city.
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Compose. (No ideas but in things) Invent! Saxifrage is my flower that splits the rocks.
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